WEBVTT ULTANEOUSHEARINGS.AMANDA OBER HAS MORE.AMANDA: THE IMAM WHO HEADS THELEADERSHIP COUNCIL HEARINGKISSIMMEE HELD A NEWS CONFERENCETODAY TO CRITICIZE PRESIDENTTRUMP'S PLAN TO IMPLEMENT ATEMPORARY BAN ON MOST REFUGEESAND EIGHT SUSPENSION OF THESE ISFOR CITIZENS OF SYRIA AND SIXOTHER MIDDLE EASTERN COUNTRIES.THROUGH EXECUTIVE ORDER,PRESIDENT TRUMP IS EXPECTED TOIMPOSE A BAN ON SEVERAL MONTHSON THE ENTRY OF REFUGEES INTOTHE UNITED STATES UNTIL MOREAGGRESSIVE VETTING IS IN PLACE.ANOTHER ORDER WILL BLOCK THESAYS FROM BEING ISSUED TO ANYONEFROM SYRIA, IRAN, IRA SOMALIA,SUDAN AND YEMEN, COUNTRIES WITHA HISTORY OF TIES TO TERRORISM.THE MOM SAID -- THE IMAM SAIDTHIS IS NOT A MUSLIM BAND.99% OF THE COUNTRY FROM THETARGET ARE MUSLIM, AND THEY SEEIT AS RELIGIOUS DISCRIMINATION.>> WE HAVE NOT SEEN THIS HAPPENIN THE PAST.SOMEONE BEING DENIED THIS ONTHEIR FAITH.THIS IS WHAT NOT THE UNITEDSTATES STANDS FOR.TO BE HONEST, IF I WERE TO PUTIT IN SIMPLE TERMS, IT IS SIMPLYUN-AMERICAN.THE CONCEPT OF DENYING SOMEONETO COME TO THE UNITED STATESBECAUSE OF THEIR FAITH ISUN-AMERICAN.AMANDA: THE IMAM'S AT THIS WHOATTENDED THE OPEN HOUSE WITHDARREN SOTO, THEY HOPE TODISCUSS CONCERNS WITH HIM.IT IS EXCESS -- EXPECTED

A group of local Muslim leaders spoke out Thursday against President Trump's decision to restrict immigration from a number of Muslim countries.

Muslim civil rights organizations held simultaneous briefings across the state Thursday afternoon to speak out against the decision.

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WESH 2's Amanda Ober was in Kissimmee Thursday with more on what they had to say there.

The imam who heads up the American Muslim Leader Council in Kissimmee called a news conference to criticize Trump's plan to implement a temporary ban on most refugees and a suspension of visas for citizens of Syria and six other Middle Eastern and African countries.

Through an executive order, Trump is expected to impose a ban, for several months, on the entry of refugees into the United States until more aggressive vetting is in place. Another order will block visas being issued to anyone from Syria, Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and Yemen, countries with a history of ties to terrorism.

At the news conference Thursday, Imam Helmi Elagha said while the Trump administration said this is not a Muslim ban, 99 percent of the people from the countries targeted are Muslim, and he and the other imams who stood with him see it as religious discrimination.

"We have not seen this happen in the past. Someone being denied entry based on their faith. This is not what the U.S. stands for. So if I were to put it in simple terms, it's un-American," Imam Helmi Elagha said.

The imams who were at the news conference left to attend an open house with Democrat Rep. Darren Soto. They said they hope to discuss their concerns with him.

It's expected that Trump will sign that draft order on immigration Friday.